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Most people fail to see the historical importance of souvenirs from the combat zones. VietNam stuff was junk during the conflict but original in country made patches and beer can distinctive unit insignia are now so valuable they are faking them.

if they were brought onto the base the Afghan military would arrest the Afghan bringing it on. The afghan would need a letter explaining why they had it from a US soldier. Post 9/11 they didnt advertise that much.

I just showed this Thread to one of our guys who is getting ready to go over ...he'd never seen or heard about them having a Flag Rag.
Imagine how many of our guys have glanced over these at checkpoints without knowing what they were looking at ....I'm sure he'll spread the word.

"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. "
-Winston Churchill-